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Title: Cohort of estrogen-induced microRNAs regulate adrenomedullin expression.

Authors: Wetzel-Strong, Sarah E; Li, Manyu; Espenschied, Scott T; Caron, Kathleen M

Published In Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, (2016 Jan 15)

Abstract: Estrogen regulates the expression of many genes and has been correlated with differences in cardiac contraction; however, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly defined. Adrenomedullin (Adm = gene; AM = protein) is a multifunctional peptide with inotropic actions. Previous studies have demonstrated that estrogen enhances the expression of Adm, suggesting a relationship between AM and estrogen in cardiac contraction during physiological and pathological states. In this study, female mice in a mouse model of genetic Adm overexpression, abbreviated as Adm(hi/hi), were found to express 60 times more Adm in the heart than wild-type littermates, compared with the three-fold elevation of Adm previously reported in Adm(hi/hi) male hearts. Thus, this study sought to further investigate any functional consequences of increased cardiac Adm expression and begin exploring the mechanisms that regulate Adm expression in an estrogen-dependent fashion. This study revealed that heart function is enhanced in Adm(hi/hi) females, which along with Adm expression levels, was reversed following ovariectomization. Since the Adm(hi/hi) line was generated by the displacement of the 3' untranslated region (UTR), the native 3'UTR was examined for estrogen-induced microRNAs target sites to potentially explain the aberrant overexpression observed in Adm(hi/hi) female hearts. Using a bioinformatic approach, it was determined that the mouse Adm 3'UTR contains many target sites for previously characterized estrogen-induced microRNAs. This study also determined that the novel microRNA, miR-879, is another estrogen-induced microRNA that interacts with the 3'UTR of Adm to destabilize the mRNA. Together, these studies revealed that estrogen-induced microRNAs are important for balancing cardiac Adm expression in females.

PubMed ID: 26582637 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: 3' Untranslated Regions; 5' Untranslated Regions; Adrenomedullin/genetics; Adrenomedullin/metabolism*; Animals; Binding Sites; Computational Biology; Databases, Genetic; Estrogens/metabolism*; Female; Gene Expression Profiling; Genotype; Growth Hormone/genetics; Hemodynamics; Mice, 129 Strain; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Transgenic; MicroRNAs/genetics; MicroRNAs/metabolism*; Myocardial Contraction; Myocardium/metabolism*; Ovariectomy; Phenotype; Signal Transduction; Up-Regulation; Ventricular Function, Left

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